Only eight states in India—Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu— have winds strong enough to make wind energy generation viable. Tamil Nadu has the highest cumulative capacity but added only 197.15 MW in 2015-16.

At the end of 2015-16, India’s cumulative wind energy capacity stood at 26,904.16 MW against 23,443.61MW in 2014-15. India has set itself a target of 60,000 MW of wind energy by 2022.

Despite the hype around solar, India actually added more capacity in wind than in solar (3,018 MW) in 2015-16. Wind still remains the primary source of renewable energy, with solar energy’s cumulative capacity way behind at 6,753.38 MW.

Despite a growing reluctance of late among some state discoms to draw wind energy, the segment is expected to surpass its 2016-17 target of 4,100 MW as well.Projects of around 4,000 MW are already in the pipeline.